Watertown township, Carver County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Watertown township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Watertown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1222
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 108
- South: 18
- West: 47
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
53 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 462
- Two: 4
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Watertown township with a mortgage: 178 (23 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Watertown township:
- German (54.8%)
- Norwegian (10.3%)
- Swedish (8.1%)
- Irish (4.4%)
- Polish (4.3%)
- United States or American (2.6%)
- English (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (56%)
- Korea (22%)
- Australia (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 564 (78%)
- Carpooled: 61 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 27 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 59 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Utility gas (16%)
- Wood (4%)
53 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.4% of residents of Watertown township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,374- In family households: 1,264 (348 male householders, 30 female householders)
345 spouses, 517 children (483 natural, 16 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 110 (41 male householders (33 living alone)), 46 female householders (33 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 53 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 162 2-persons, 68 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 66 1-person, 19 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
345 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (14 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
| Here: | 16.2% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 25.4% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |